- Turner Broadcasting's cable TV networks are looking at adding tens of thousands of incremental viewers to their Nielsen ratings, reports Media Daily News. Turner currently is the only company subscribing to the new data service from Nielsen, the C3 ratings, which adds the online viewing to the national TV ratings.
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Sight unseen, one NBC affiliate will not air The Playboy Club this fall. Mark Willes, the president and CEO of KSL-TV, NBC’s Salt Lake City affiliate, the station will not air the show, the reluctance due to making an association with the Playboy brand, writes AdWeek.
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The 2011 NBA Finals on ABC – with the Dallas Mavericks defeating the Miami Heat for the franchise’s first NBA championship – averaged 17,280,000 viewers, 11,725,000 household impressions and a 10.1 rating for six broadcasts to become the second most-viewed Finals since 2004, based on fast national data provided by Nielsen. Based on fast nationals, Game 6 delivered an average of 23,511,000 viewers, 15,190,000 households and a 13.1 rating to become the most-viewed Game 6 ever on ABC, and the most-viewed in 13 years, reports TVbytheNumbers.
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As well, commanding viewership was NBC Sports presentation of Belmont Stakes coverage. The race portion of the Belmont drew 6.8 million viewers, 44 percent higher than last year’s race portion on ABC (4.7 million), and the most in a non-Triple Crown year since NBC last broadcast the Belmont in 2005. The 6.8 million viewers ties 2001 as the second most-watched Belmont race in a non-Triple Crown year since at least 1994, reports TVbytheNumbers.
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McGraw-Hill's Broadcasting Group has four stations "in desirable markets and should be attractive to strategic and financial buyers with a focus on media," that are hitting the market, reports Broadcasting & Cable. The Broadcasting group had revenues of almost $100 million in 2010 and includes ABC affiliates KMGH Denver, KGTV San Diego, KERO Bakersfield and WRTV Indianapolis, along with Azteca America affiliates in Denver, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, San Diego and Bakersfield.
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Charla Nash, a woman who was viciously attacked by a 200-pound chimpanzee in February 2009, has inked a deal with NBC's Peacock Productions to tell her story in a documentary this fall, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
ABC, Couric Expected to Announce Daytime Talk Deal | Olympic Broadcast Bid Meeting Under Way
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ABC is close to an agreement with Katie Couric for a syndicated talk show, according to Bloomberg. The parties may announce the agreement as soon as today. An agreement with Couric would give ABC and its affiliate stations a brand name replacement for Oprah Winfrey, whose syndicated afternoon program ended in May after a 25-year run in May 25. While distributed by CBS Corp. (CBS), Winfrey’s program was carried by ABC stations covering almost half of the U.S. TV households.
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Top media executives from Comcast's NBCUniversal, Disney's ESPN/ABC and News Corp.'s Fox Sports are meeting with the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland June 6 and 7. There, the IOC will conduct the auction to the U.S. rights to the 2014 and 2016 Games in Sochi, Russia and Rio de Janiero. The price is expected to be steep, writes Multichannel News. The IOC would like to match if not exceed the $2.2 billion that NBC paid for the rights to the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver ($820 million) and next year's Summer Olympics in London ($1.2 billion).
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The Broadcast TV Journalists Association, the offshoot of the Broadcast Film Critics Association, announced nominations for its first Critics' Choice Television Awards. Modern Family led the series field with 6 nominations, including best comedy series, ABC topped all networks with 16 nominations. AMC and FX landed the most nominations on the cable side with 9 each, writes Deadline Hollywood.
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Discovery Pledges More Investment to OWN | CBS Affiliates See Missed Chance with Couric
- Discovery expects to invest more money into its joint venture OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, “in excess of our prior $50 million incremental estimate.” The announcement came during the company's first-quarter earnings call, reports multichannel.com. Discovery has invested $215 million in the channel, including $57 million in the first quarter. David Zaslav, Discovery CEO said he expects ratings to build through the balance of the year, with 21 new series premieres, including entries from Shania Twain and Rosie O'Donnell. Additionally, 25 years of Oprah Winfrey shows will become available.
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NBC Renews “The Office,” “Parks and Recreation” | ABA Files Against ABC Affliliate in Kansas
- NBC has renewed “The Office,” “Parks and Recreation” and “Community” for new seasons. There was no word, however, on the fates of the other two shows in NBC's new three-hour Thursday night comedy block, "Outsourced" and "Perfect Couples," both of which have struggled for ratings, writes thewrap.com. The move may give industry watchers a sense of how incoming chairman Bob Greenblatt will guide the network since taking over with Comcast's acquisition of NBCU in January.